Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pike.cis.ohio-state.edu!cordero From: cordero@pike.cis.ohio-state.edu (l m cordero) Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell Subject: Update 286 to 386 Message-ID: <88260@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: 12 Feb 91 04:37:13 GMT Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Reply-To: l m cordero Organization: Ohio State University Computer and Information Science Lines: 20 The department I work for is considering upgrading the file server from a 286-16 to a 386-33. We are running Advanced Netware 2.15 and have the following questions: 1. Will the update be a simple - take hard drives out of 286, plug into 386 and go. Or will we have to run netgen all over again. 2. How much RAM should we put on the file server 2,4,8,16? Will the file server use all the RAM or is there a cap to how much it can use effectively? (Our LAN is 15 pcs (ARCNET style) about to go to 20 pcs). 3. Each workstation should be what config? We were thinking 286-12 with 640K should it be 286-16 with 1MB. 99% we run MS Word 5.0. 4. How good/bad are the vendors we've priced: All Computer Center (CA), American Multisystems (CA), CompUSA (TX), Symbionics (TX), JCC Systems (CA), and Main Street Computer (FL)? 5. Which companies have you purchased from, and which brand names are reliable (our research DTK 386 refuses to communicate with our HP Laser Series II in direct connection). Thanks! -Martin -- cordero@cis.ohio-state.edu